Gender and Jewish History - Paperback

By revealing the importance of gender in interpreting the Jewish past, this collection of original essays highlights the profound influence that feministscholarship has had on the study of Jewish history since the 1970s. Gender andJewish History considers the impact of gender on Jewish religious practices andpolitical behavior, educational accomplishments and communal structures, acculturation and choice of occupations. The book stimulates conversations on suchtopics as Jewish women's creativity and spirituality, violence against women, Jews'reactions to persecution in the Holocaust, and Judaism as lived religion andculture. Honoring Paula Hyman, one of the founders of Jewish gender studies, thisvolume shows gender to be an eye-opening entry into realms of Jewish historypreviously untouched by it.